"Even though we have a lot of safety layers in there, if all the dominos line up the wrong way, we can have, on rare occasions, a catastrophic event," famed Captian Sully said on Good Morning America.

Captain Sullenberger, famous for safely landing an aircraft in the Hudson River in 2009, speaks out following a deadly crash involving an Army Black Hawk and a passenger plane.

Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot famed for landing a passenger jet on the Hudson River in 2009, has shared his theory about what may have contributed to Wednesday's devastating aircraft collision in Washington DC.

Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger landed a passenger plane on the Hudson River after it suffered engine failure whilst leaving New York.

The retired captain said the investigation into the deadly collision may take upwards of a year but he is confident investigators will get down to the cause, which future pilots will learn from